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Dark Watch announced it has closed an oversubscribed $3.5 million seed funding round aimed at expanding its AI-driven safety intelligence platform for the hospitality industry. The funding round was led by Eagle Venture Fund with participation from His Kingdom Resources and Blu Ventures, and it closed in late December.

Advantage Capital Holdings (A-CAP), a New York-based insurance and financial services company with more than $16 billion in assets under management, announced that it has signed a master transaction agreement with funds managed by global alternative investment manager Oaktree. Under the agreement, Oaktree plans to acquire a controlling stake in Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Company (ACL), which is currently part of the A-CAP platform. At the same time, Oaktree will provide capital support to Sentinel Security Life Insurance Company through a surplus note investment funded into a newly created captive insurance company.

WhiteBridge AI, a Vilnius-based AI startup focused on building a people search and research engine, has raised €2.6 million in seed funding to expand its platform and accelerate product development. The round was led by FIRSTPICK VC and included participation from First Degree, NGL Ventures, Scalewolf, BADideas.fund, Nectolabs, Plug and Play Tech Center, and several angel investors.

Berlin-based data infrastructure startup Tower announced that it has raised $6.4 million (about €5.5 million) across pre-seed and seed funding rounds to build what it describes as the “data backbone” for the next generation of AI-assisted data engineering. The funding round included backing from DIG Ventures, Speedinvest, Flyer One Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Celero Ventures, and Angel Invest, along with angel investors including Jordan Tigani (CEO of MotherDuck), Olivier Pomel (CEO of Datadog), Ben Liebald (former VP of Engineering at Harvey.ai), and Maik Taro Wehmeyer (CEO of Taktile).

Tropic, a UK-based agricultural biotechnology company developing gene-edited tropical crops, has raised $105 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round to accelerate global commercial expansion and scale production of its breakthrough banana varieties and other climate-resilient crops. The round was co-led by Forbion through its Bioeconomy Fund and by Corteva via its Corteva Catalyst investment platform. Major support came from IQ Capital and Just Climate, while new investors ABN Amro and Invest International also joined the round. Existing investors Temasek, Five Seasons Ventures, Sucden Ventures, Genoa Ventures, Polaris Partners, and Aliment Capital also participated.

RGREEN INVEST, a French investment management company focused on financing the energy transition, announced the final close of its INFRAGREEN V strategy with more than €900 million in capital commitments. The fund will be used to finance energy infrastructure projects across Europe aimed at strengthening energy sovereignty, supporting industrial competitiveness, and accelerating the continent’s transition toward cleaner power systems.

Overbay Capital Partners announced it has entered into a definitive agreement for a strategic growth investment from funds managed by Charlesbank Capital Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Chimney Rock Equity Partners has acquired Gas Clip Technologies, a Dallas-based supplier of portable gas detection devices used across industrial safety applications. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Fastned announced that it has raised €32.4 million through a new retail bond issue, attracting thousands of individual investors in the Netherlands and Belgium as the company continues to expand its electric vehicle fast-charging network across Europe.

Gogoro announced it has entered into a share purchase agreement with its largest shareholder, Gold Sino Assets Limited, for a new equity investment of approximately $16.7 million. The investment involves the subscription of 5.3 million newly issued ordinary shares at a total price of $16,695,000, reflecting a per-share subscription price of $3.15. The price represents a 10% discount to the company’s 30-day volume weighted average price as of March 6, 2026.

Cleafy, a Milan-based cybersecurity company focused on protecting banks and financial institutions from fraud and cyberattacks, announced that it has raised €12 million in a Series B funding round. The round was co-led by United Ventures and eCAPITAL, bringing the company’s total funding to €22 million.

AgentMail, an email infrastructure company designed specifically for AI agents, announced it has raised $6 million in seed funding to build what it describes as the first email provider created for autonomous AI systems. The funding round was led by General Catalyst with participation from Y Combinator, Phosphor Capital, and several angel investors.

UC Health and the U.S. Air Force have unveiled an expanded Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) Simulation Center in Cincinnati, a state-of-the-art facility designed to advance trauma training, operational readiness, and medical research.

Catalyx, a global provider of automation and machine vision systems for highly regulated industries, has appointed Matt Bulley as chief financial officer as the company continues expanding its capabilities and global footprint.

RethinkFirst announced that Dinesh Senanayake has been appointed chief executive officer, bringing more than two decades of experience scaling healthcare and global technology organizations.

Hale Capital Partners, a New York–based private equity firm focused on technology and technology-enabled companies, has acquired APEX Analytics Corp., a provider of real estate data analytics, valuation technology, and appraisal and property tax solutions. The acquisition was completed through a cooperative restructuring led by funds advised by Hale Capital.

Clover Capital Partners announced the acquisition of the Creekstone and Gable Point multifamily portfolio, totaling 374 units, located in East Dallas. The transaction marks the Dallas-based real estate firm’s latest expansion as it continues investing in income-producing residential assets across Texas.

Great Sky, a startup developing a brain-inspired computing platform for artificial intelligence, announced the debut of its superconducting optoelectronic architecture alongside a $14 million seed funding round led by Bison Ventures with participation from Matchstick Ventures, Range Ventures, and several angel investors.

Sidley Austin announced that corporate and securities partner Steven Przesmicki has joined the firm’s San Diego office, bringing more than two decades of experience advising companies on corporate transactions, governance matters, and capital markets activity.

Walmart has named Erin Nealy Cox as its next Executive Vice President of Global Governance, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary, strengthening the retail giant’s leadership team as it navigates an increasingly complex global regulatory and legal environment.

Skadden has added two partners from Paul Hastings to strengthen its private credit and restructuring capabilities, bringing Scott Heard to New York and welcoming Matthew Murphy back to the firm in Chicago.

ArcLight Capital Partners has agreed to acquire InfraBridge’s 50% stake in Invenergy AMPCI Thermal Power (IATP), a large-scale portfolio of power infrastructure assets across North America.

Concord announced that it has acquired U.K.-based independent record label Ninja Tune Records, a move that significantly expands the company’s presence in the United Kingdom and Europe while adding one of the world’s most respected indie labels to its portfolio.

Mercury Systems announced it has acquired SolderMask, a specialized manufacturing supplier that supports several of the company’s defense programs as they transition into higher-rate production.

Qnity Electronics opened a new 385,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Newark, Delaware, expanding its domestic production capacity for semiconductor materials used in advanced chip fabrication. I attended the ribbon-cutting event and learned that this facility represents part of a multi-year investment by Qnity to strengthen its advanced manufacturing footprint and meet increasing demand driven by artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and advanced connectivity technologies. At the event, there was an emphasis on the “Stronger Together” brand strategy, meaning that progress in semiconductors and AI infrastructure happens through collaboration, connecting materials science, partners, customers, and talent to enable the next generation of electronics.

Webflow announced it has acquired Vidoso.ai, a multi-modal AI asset generation startup, as the company continues its transition from a visual web development platform into an agentic web marketing platform designed for modern marketing teams.

Sidley Austin announced that Greg Featherman has joined the firm as a partner in its tax practice in New York, strengthening the firm’s capabilities in cross-border tax planning and complex transactions.

Eaton announced it has completed the acquisition of Boyd Thermal, the thermal management business of Boyd Corporation, from Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The deal strengthens Eaton’s ability to deliver integrated power and cooling infrastructure for data centers as demand surges alongside the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence computing.

Ramp announced that it has acquired Billhop, a payments platform based in Stockholm and London that is licensed in the UK and Sweden. The deal is aimed at strengthening Ramp’s ability to support customers operating across the UK and Europe while expanding its international footprint.

August Equity, a UK-based private equity firm focused on the lower mid-market, has announced the appointment of two Investment Associates as part of its strategy to develop internal talent and deepen its investment capabilities.